You’ve seen the news headlines. Black Lives Matter. Police Lives Matter. A Day Without Immigrants. Our world is full of diversity, yet our country and our world is plagued by a lack of empathy. What good is diversity if we don’t know how to embrace it? Teaching diversity to our kids — how to embrace […]
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We are a multicultural, multinational and ‘mixed’ family. You could also say we are an unconventional family. Both my partner and I are divorced and our two eldest children are from my previous marriage. This fact alone is usually enough to make people shift uncomfortably in their seats; a somewhat awkward silence usually follows. Despite the internet and
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When Purim arrives in the Jewish community, I challenge my students — all from interfaith families with at least one Jewish parent — to explore this holiday alongside the Hindu holiday of Holi, the Sikh holiday of Hola Mohallah, and the Catholic holiday of St. Patrick’s Day. I encourage them to learn basic facts about each
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Dubai: I looked over in astonishment, as my husband walked over to the playground with our 4 year old and 2 year old, and promptly took a seat on a nearby bench. Within seconds, one child had already climbed up a tree house and the other was standing hesitatingly at the slide. I looked over at
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Did you love wearing costumes when you were a child? I did (in fact, I still do!). From my childhood, I remember Carnival as some of the most exciting and colorful days of the year. As many grandmas and moms did for their kids, my ‘abuelita’ made costumes for my sister and I. She was such
